I’ve been hearing about the beer selection at Kraftwork for months, so when it was time to see my friend David off to his new job in Chicago, I suggested we try it out. Crowded for a Tuesday night and loud, we decided to sit outside so we could catch up a bit. The beer [...]
Archive for August, 2010
28 Aug
Jelly Donut
I would just like to say that I went to the Pennsylvania Dutch festival at Reading Terminal Market, and I ate this fresh, homemade jelly donut, and it was amazing. AMAZING, like a totally different kind of donut that put all other donuts to shame. Slightly crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, pumped [...]
26 Aug
HUGE southern brunch at Honey’s Sit-and-Eat
I love brunch, and by the time I sit down to eat, my eyes are often bigger than my stomach. I tend towards the spicy-Mexican-eggs-style brunch, but on this particular morning, scoring a seat at the bar at Honey’s with minimal wait, I thought I’d try something different. I don’t think that I’ve ever had [...]
22 Aug
Center City Sips at Cooperage
I rarely make it to Philadelphia’s summer weekly happy hour party. I always feel like I have to rush there to beat the crowds, it’s load, and sometimes I’m disappointed with the service. But if you’re going out after work on a Wednesday anyway, like I was last week, it can be a good opportunity [...]
19 Aug
Lunch Special at City Tap
I love the green roof at City Tap, and the abundant outdoors space and fire pits, even the spacious inside. I have to tell you though, that while they advertise a lunch special, their lunch waitstaff is slow on the draw, and won’t mention it to your first. So I’ll tell you. $10 for a [...]
12 Aug
A vegetable-stuffed breakfast burrito
Burritos are made for leftovers. Fry-up anything you have in the fridge, add some protein, and through it in a tortilla with some cheese and hot sauce and you have a seriously hefty breakfast. The above burrito makes us of all the summer vegetables on my counter and in my crisper. Onions fried with garlic [...]
9 Aug
roasted baby heirlooms, polenta, fried marrinated zucchini, braised seitan
Sometimes simple is best. This may look like a complicated meal, but if you start everything at once, it will all come together quickly. A simple polenta with a dash of cream, butter and local parmesan. Onions, slow carmelized in butter while the baby tomatoes roast, then tossed together with salt, pepper, a dash or [...]
5 Aug
Pizza at Roberta’s, Brooklyn
If you happen to ever frequent Bushwick (Brooklyn) you have to stop by Roberta’s. A former garage with a great outdoor space, Roberta’s bakes their own bread and pizzas in a wood fired stove, grows their produce on the roof, and uses old shipping containers to create extra “rooms.” And the pizza is pretty damn [...]
5 Aug
Veggicurious jumped on the Twitter bird
That’s right folks, I’ve finally decided to get on the twitter train. I admit that I tend not to jump at the new technology, and love my peaceful moments without all the bells and buzzers and vibrates, but some things (a sudden delicious dish, a last-minute event, the most delicious cheese I’ve ever tasted, yet) [...]
